The nurse's dictionary / originally compiled by Honnor Morten ; with phonetic pronunciations by Mary I. Burdett.

  • Morten, Honnor, 1861-1913
Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
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Credit: The nurse's dictionary / originally compiled by Honnor Morten ; with phonetic pronunciations by Mary I. Burdett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cus'so. An anthelmintic. Custard Pudding. Beat up two eggs, add half-pint of milk and a little sugar, bake in slow oven for half an hour. Cuta’neous(ku-ta'-ne-us). Per- taining to the skin. Cu’tlcle (ku’te-kl). The ex- ternal, or scurf skin. Cu'tis Anseri'na. Goose- skin. Cut Throat. The patient should be propped up in bed with pillows. Folds of gauze are laid over the opening into the windpipe. A steam kettle must be kept going. Cyanoder’ma (si-an-o-der'- ma). Blueness of the skin. C. V. Abbreviation of eras vespere, to-morrow evening. Cy’anide (si'an-ide). Disinfec- tant mauve gauze and wool, used for surgical dressings. Mercurial. Cyano'sis (si-an-o'sis). Blue appearance, a congestion of the venous system so that the blue blood of the veins discolours the skin. Cyath. Abbreviation of cyathus, a glassful. Cycli’tis. Inflammation of ciliary body of the eye. Cyclople'gia. Paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye. Cynan'che (si-nan'-ke). Sore throat, or quinsy. Cynanche laryngea, croup ; cynanchc maligna, putrid sore throat; cynanche parotidca, mumps. Cynopho'bia (si-no-fo'-bia). False hydrophobia, brought on by dread of the real disease. Cypho'sis (ki-fo'-sis). Curva- ture of the spine. Cyst (sist). A tumour contain- ing fluid, or semi-fluid, in a membranous sac. Cystal'gia (sis-tal'-je-a). Pain in the bladder. Cystlcer'cus (sis-te-ser'-kus). Larval form of the tape-worm. Cys'tin (sis'-tin). A calculus containing sulphur. Cysti'tis(sis-ti'-tis). Inflamma- tion or catarrh of the bladder ; often chronic. The nurse will have to measure and test urine and probably give douches. If obstinate, perineal incision in the male, or kolpocystot- omy in the female, may have to be performed. Cystobubo'nocele (sis-to-bu- bo'-no-sele). Hernia involv- ing the bladder. Cys'tocele (sis'-to-sele). Pro- trusion of the bladder. Cystollthl’asls (sis-to-li-thi'-a- sis). Stone in the bladder. Cys'toscope (sis'-to-skope). An instrument for examining the bladder. Cys’totome (sis'-to-tome). A surgical instrument used in operations on the lens of the eye. Cystot'omy (sis-tot'-o-me). Incision of the bladder; for the removal of stones, or for drainage. The nurse must watch in case peritonitis supervenes.